Here’s the first picture of Benedict Cumberbatch as Julian Assange

When we saw him at London Collections: Men recently, Cumberbatch
told GQ he was off to Iceland to film his much-anticipated
Wikileaks project. It hasn't taken long for the first shot of the
Sherlock star as Julian Assange to emerge. The film, newly
titled The Fifth Estate, will follow Inglourious
Basterds' Daniel Bruhl as former Wikileaks employee Daniel
Domscheit-Berg during the early days of the infamous whistleblowing
site. Partly based on Domscheit-Berg's book Inside
Wikileaks, the film will be directed by Dreamgirls'
Bill Condon, with a screenplay by The West Wing's Josh
Singer and a promising cast that includes The Thick Of
It's Peter Capaldi and Downton's Dan Stevens. Could this be Cumberbatch's first
big shot at awards season? Either way, you have to feel bad
for Assange - with him still avoiding arrest in the Ecuadorian
embassy, he'll presumably have to wait for the DVD version.

The Fifth Estate is out on 15 November 2013.

Oliver Franklin-Wallis

Oliver Franklin is Assistant Editor of Wired and a GQ contributor. Follow him on Twitter @olifranklin.